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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

920 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN MISSOURI...

DEKALB...DAVIESS...CALDWELL...BUCHANAN...LINN...ANDREW... 

MACON...LIVINGSTON... AND CLINTON 



IN KANSAS...

ATCHISON...AND DONIPHAN



THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL EXTEND 

FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE TONIGHT.  SOME 

OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.  WITH THE GROUND STILL 

FAIRLY WET ACROSS THE AREA...HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF 

AND RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS.  STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES AND 

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS

ANDOTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN 

THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING BEISSUED.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITYFOR HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL 

WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



MJM

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